Cognition

Recruiting Sourcer - Europe

London. Posted 15 days ago

The role

You will own the top of the funnel for hiring across the EMEA region. You will build an outbound engine by mapping markets, mining networks, and engaging passive candidates for technical roles.

What you will do

  • Own outbound sourcing across EMEA hiring priorities with a focus on technical roles
  • Build deep talent maps across enterprise software, AI, developer tools, cloud, infrastructure and high-growth technology companies
  • Partner with recruiters and hiring managers to calibrate on profiles
  • Use sourcing tools like LinkedIn Recruiter, Juicebox, Boolean, X-ray search, and GitHub
  • Run referral mining through team, investor, and alumni networks
  • Plan, host and attend recruiting events, meetups and networking events
  • Write personalised outreach to engage passive candidates
  • Engage passive candidates and run first-call qualifying screens
  • Track and report on top-of-funnel metrics
  • Build and maintain talent pools in Ashby

Required qualifications

  • Proven sourcing experience at high-growth technology companies
  • Strong understanding of enterprise software, SaaS, AI, infrastructure, developer tools or cloud markets
  • Mastery of modern sourcing tools and techniques
  • Confidence running first-call qualifying screens and pitching to passive candidates
  • Experience sourcing across multiple EMEA markets
  • A data-driven approach
  • Strong partnership skills to calibrate with recruiters and hiring managers
  • High agency, high ownership and strong attention to detail
  • Comfort operating in a fast-changing, 0 to 1 environment
  • A builder mindset
  • Based in, or willing to relocate to, London

Nice to have

  • Sourced for early teams in new international markets
  • Sourced for frontier AI, developer tools, infrastructure, cloud or enterprise software companies
  • Built or ran a referral programme or recruiting event series that led directly to hires
  • Strong network in the London and European tech ecosystem
  • Built own sourcing workflows or automations using AI tools
  • Care deeply about quality, not just volume

About the company

Cognition is an applied AI lab building end-to-end software agents, including Devin, the first AI software engineer.